Portable barrier.



W. J. H. KING. PORTYIBLB BARRIER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1910.

1,010,379 PatentedNov. 28, 1911.

L11/'LW AL a 'WIT/suisses. INVENTOR.

UNITED 'STATES 'PATENT on Froja.fv

WILLIAM JOSEPH HARDING KING, or LoNDoN, ENGLAND.

PORTABLE BARRIER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Appncauoii aieanovember a, 1910. serial No. 590,519.

' sheet and. other piling and like devices are also used in the making of groins for check- 'ing drifting sand andi pebble in sea and other similar work. 153s.. The present 'invention relates to movable barriers and .is more particularly. intended for usein sandy or windy districts .where it is frequently desirable to have a sand, or wind barriersaid barriers being also adapted for use under water.

According to this invention the portable barrier consists ofa sheet of metal" or othersuitable material adapted to penetrate the sand or' earth and provided with suitable hand-holds. If desired the sheet may/be mounted in a frame, detachably or otherwise,`the sides or other portions of said frame'formincr projecting feet/adapted to enter the sand provided for coupling a series of barriers `together to form a continuous barrier.

The invention is shown by way of illustration m the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 1s a View 1n elevation" showing a series of barriers assembled. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View thereof taken on the line 2-2, and; Fig. 3 1s a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3.

Referring to the construction in detail, the barrier consists in 'a plurality of sections, each otwhich sections comprises a frame `made of a pair of vertical bars f, ir" angle iron construction that -are connected by a `pair of bars 2. 4The bars 1 are shown in cross sectionin Fig. 2, andthe bars 2 are shown in cross section in Fig. 3. At the upper corners of said tramesr the bars 1 and 2 are connected by reinforcing` bars 3, one of which is located ,at each corner.

Each of theframes is closed by a panel consisting of a sheet I of metal or othersuitable material, said sheet' being secured to theframe through the medium4 of rivets 5.Y The upper corners of the sheet 4 or those .portions which would; otherwise lienwithin or earth, means being also.

the bars 1, 2, and 3 are cut away to. provide openings 6 forming suitable :hand-holds whereby the sections maybe readily handled for forcing the same into the ground, and also transported as will be understood. Forse# curing the barriers in the ground each barrier section is provided 'with two anchors or feet 7 of anglev iron construction, and whiclu are riveted at the lower ends of the bars 1 through the medium of rivets 8 (see Fig. 2). In their assembled relation the anchors 7 at the adjacent ends of each two sections lie yflush with each other as .shown in Fig. 2 whereby the panels or sheets 4:-present a substantially unbroken or uninterrupted barrier. The upper ends of the barrier sections are secured through the medium of a readily releasable pin and link connection 9 and 10,/ Each of the barrier sections isv provided on one corner with a pin 9 shaped in the/manner of a hook, and on the opposite corner with a link 10 which passes through /the hand opening 6.

Barriers of this /kind arel particularly useful when placedupon the top of a sand dune encroaching .on a road or a railway track or the like,vas when placed in a position sloping away from the road or'track they allow sand driven from the road or track to pass away over the top, but prevent sand being blown on to the road or track thus tending to hold the sand dune back.

It is obvious that those skilled in theart may vary the details of construction and4 arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and there- :tore I do not wish to be .limited to such features except as may be required vby the claims.

1. In a portable barrier, the combination of a rectangular frame comprising a pair Aof. parallelbars ot' angle-iron construction and a pair .of bars'connecting said angleiron bars; diagonally disposedbrace bars at. the upper corners of the frame; `a sheet of material secured to saidframe and being out away-' .at..the'upper cornersthereof to provide `hand-holds; yand an anchoring angle-bar secured to the lower end of each of the `i'irst mentioned angle-iron bars whereby saidframe may be fastened to the grom'id, substantially as described.

2. In a portable barrier, the combination 'of 'a' series of rectangular frames; anchors on veach of said frames for entering' the ratentednovjfs, 1911.

ground; a'solid sheet of material rigidly attached to each of said frames, and being cut away at the upper corners `thereof to provide hand-holds, means for connecting said frames in series includingva pin on each frame adjacent one of said hand-holds;

and a link passing through the other handhold of said frame, substantially as described.

3. In a portable barrier, the combination of `a series of rectangular frames; angleiron anchors on each of said frames for entering the ground; a brace across each upper corner of each of said frames; a sheet of material rigidly attached to each frame and being cut an at the upper corners thereof to provide hand-holds; and means for connecting the series of said frames including a pin on each frame adjacentJ one of said hand-holds, and a link passing through the other hand-hold of said frame7 substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM JOSEPH HARDING KlNG.

YVitnesses EDWARD BELL, AMEEN ABADEER. 

